| Show monticello M man a n suicides at H D bayles sheep camp the cortez sentinel of july 14 says county sheriff jess robinson and county coroner J W ertel arrived in cortez at midnight wednesday with the body of ben enriquez the dead man was found tuesday by reid bayles at the H D bayles sheep camp on hermosa divide at the point where bear creek and grindstone have their origin robinson and ertel left cortez early wednesday morning driving a car as far as the schlegel sheep camp in the head of lost canyon the remaining 12 miles was made on horseback requiring two hours to go up and more than that to come back bringing the body out on a pack mule the officials found Enri enriquez quee body near his tent a 30 30 rifle beside it conclusions drawn were that it was a plain case of suicide enriquez placing the butt of the gun on the ground with the barrel in his abdomen the rhe bullet entered the abdomen and ranged upwards probably causing instant death it was the guess cf the I 1 otti cers that he committed the act Satu saturday night enriquez was 30 years of age lost last january he was born at 1 ignacio nacio he is survived by his parents mr and mrs J A I 1 E fiti eni ni quez and four brothers an and d three sisters all of whom reside in monticello except one sister on account of the condition of the body due to delay in iii finding it burial was made in cortez notwithstanding the deceased owned a grave lot in mon monticello cicello ti cello the untimely end of the unfortunate man was a severe shock to relatives and friends residing here |
